ibeanniebe
Has it really been this long?
Dec 21, 2009
Wow! Its been a year since I wrote here in this blog. Over the last year I have been through a gazillion changes. My weight is down over half of my highest known weight of 320 pounds. I am just slightly overweight and I can wear size 8 and maybe size 6 by the time I get to Walmart to buy new jeans. I was able to handle a very physical job working in a Doggy Day Care until I financially was forced to find a 'real' job. But it was totally fun while it lasted. I still am able to keep to a healthy eating plan in spite of the desk job I landed and have lost an additional 20 or so pounds since I started that job. I had the energy to help move my entire household over the summer into a new residence which I never had before. Thank goodness for the movers we had in the past because we would never have gotten it done if I had been responsible for it then. But now I can tackle just about anything as long as I eat right and drink plenty of fluids. I flew on a plane all the way to Seattle from Raleigh in October and was comfortable all the way. I needed no tram ride at my layover change planes parts of the trip and made it from one side of the airport to the other on foot without even being winded. Pretty good for a 52 year old woman don't you think? Four years ago I felt like an old woman but I don't so much anymore. In November I took my very first Amtrak ride from here (Greensboro) to Atlanta to attend the OH event and had a wonderful time with many of the folks I see everyday here on OH. I didn't have to board my train until Sunday evening so I walked all over downtown Atlanta and took in the sights. It was interesting. I visited the Coca Cola museum and enjoyed the history stuff they had to offer. Yes I did taste a few of the flavors they had to offer in the tasting room. No worries I walked it off for sure that day. My life has certainly changed in many ways and I am not unhappy about most of them. My DH does need to find a job but he's not wasting his time while looking. He is taking courses online in case he needs to change industries. My adult children are all thankfully healthy and somewhat gainfully employed for the most part. The rest are well on the way to gainful employment so I can't ask for more than that. My dogs are healthy and frisky as usual. It has been a good year even though its been occasionally not what we planned. I have grown to love and appreciate several new friends this past year and hope to continue learn more about and from them over the next year. I hope also to become more helpful to others at the beginning of their journeys if I can.
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28.3
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09/22/2008
Surgery Date
Mar 06, 2008
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